Solar Lanterns for 3000 Village Homes in Liberia

For 193 rural families in Liberia, 2016 ushered in a new way of life with solar lights, eliminating the darkness, illuminating lives, and keeping communities vibrant, active, and safe into the night. 

Five rural villages in western Liberia have received bright solar lanterns capable of charging mobile phones purchased from funds donated by you. As a result, social and business activities no longer have to be completed by dusk, because darkness stopped people from gathering or working at night. Now these communities can maintain strong business and social ties into the night because you are helping to light the night.

New funds raised in March through GlobalGiving UK's matching funds is allowing VIP to purchase additional lanterns for 150 families. 

VIP continues with its feedback loop program with recipients to ensure long-term benefits from the lanterns people are using to replace dirty and expensive kerosene lanterns. Technical service is provided to each village for repair of lanterns that fail to function.

I hope that you find this partnership valuable and worthwhile. Please consider telling your friends and family about our project - share the link on your blogs or social networks, use the tell-a-friend feature on the GlobalGiving project page to email your network, or just bring us up in conversation. You know your friends and family best, so use your own words - tell them why you chose our project and what it means to you.

Thank you again for all you have done to help this cause.

The Impact